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Antonyms for re-building
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ree-bild |
| Phonetic Transcription : riˈbɪld |
- abandon
- abolition
- aid
- antique
- assist
- break
- change
- clean
- corrupt
- damage
- decline
- destroy
- destruction
- deteriorate
- disarrange
- disorganize
- disturb
- eat out
- finish
- forfeit
- forget
- halt
- harm
- help
- hold
- hurt
- ignore
- impair
- injure
- keep
- kill
- look away
- lose
- maintain
- miss
- neglect
- persist
- play fair
- purify
- raze
- remain
- rend
- ruin
- spoil
- stay
- tear
- unfix
- unsettle
- upset
- waver
- weaken
- worry
- worsen
- wreck
Definition of re-building
Origin :- c.1600 (implied in rebuilding), from re- "back, again" + build (v.). Related: Rebuilt.
- As in mending : noun restoring
- As in restoration : noun the act of restoring
- As in mend : verb correct, improve, fix
- As in overhaul : verb redo, restore
- As in patch : verb fix, mend
- As in reconstruct : verb reorganize, build up
- As in reform : verb correct, rectify
- As in rehabilitate : verb renovate, adjust
- As in remodel : verb reconstruct
- As in repair : verb fix, restore
- As in restore : verb fix, make new
- As in rebuild : verb repair
- As in rebuild : verb restore
- As in recondition : verb restore
- As in restitute : verb restore
- As in smarten : verb fix
- As in doctor : verb fix up, treat
- As in do up : verb physically prepare; fix
- As in fix : verb mend, repair
- As in heal : verb cure, recover
- This was the period of recuperation and re-building for Gascony.
- Extract from : « Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 » by Elise Whitlock Rose
- It bears date 1634, but this evidently refers to a re-building.
- Extract from : « Ecclesiastical Curiosities » by Various
- Everywhere there were signs of the earths eternal re-birth and re-building.
- Extract from : « The Camp Fire Girls' Careers » by Margaret Vandercook
- The insurance was adjusted and Mr. Strout was authorized to proceed with the re-building at once.
- Extract from : « The Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks » by Charles Felton Pidgin
- He sent one of his agents to superintend the re-building of611 Tiberias.
- Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. IV (of VI) » by Heinrich Graetz
- Wonderful energy had been shown in re-building the city after the destructive fire which happened a short time previously.
- Extract from : « Reminiscences of Queensland » by William Henry Corfield
- The principal congregation of the old church are, during the re-building, worshipping in the vestry-hall adjoining.
- Extract from : « The Church Index » by William Pepperell
- We easily bombed off a party of his which tried to rush the crater, and spent the day re-building our fallen parapet.
- Extract from : « The Fifth Leicestershire » by J.D. Hills
- The idea of re-building the State House by subscription, you, as governor, could hardly countenance.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 » by Various
- His first work was probably the re-building of the Cathedral of Tuam, where he had fixed his principal residence.
- Extract from : « Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum » by John Healy
Synonyms for re-building
- adjust
- adjustment
- administer
- aid
- alleviate
- alteration
- ameliorate
- ameliorating
- amend
- apply medication
- attend
- better
- bettering
- bring around
- bring back
- bring up to code
- build
- build up
- change
- change one's ways
- check
- clean
- clean up
- clean up one's act
- clear
- cobble
- compensate for
- compose
- conciliate
- condition
- convalesce
- convert
- copy
- correct
- correcting
- cover
- cure
- curing
- darn
- debug
- deduce
- do up
- doctor
- dress
- emend
- enclose
- enhancing
- examine
- face-lift
- fiddle with
- finish
- fix
- fix up
- fixing
- free
- freshening
- furbish
- gain
- get better
- get well
- gift-wrap
- give a face-lift
- give facelift
- give treatment
- go straight
- harmonize
- heal
- healing
- helping
- improve
- inspect
- knit
- launder
- look up
- make amends
- make good
- make healthy
- make over
- make restitution
- make sound
- make up for
- make well
- make whole
- medicate
- meliorate
- mend
- minister to
- modernize
- overhaul
- package
- patch
- patch up
- patching up
- perk up
- physic
- piece together
- put back together
- put in order
- put on feet again
- put right
- put to rights
- ready
- reanimate
- rearrange
- reassemble
- rebuild
- rebuilding
- recall
- recast
- reclaim
- reclamation
- reconcile
- recondition
- reconstitute
- reconstruct
- recover
- recovery
- recreate
- rectify
- rectifying
- recuperate
- redeem
- redesign
- redress
- reerect
- reestablish
- reestablishment
- reexamine
- refashion
- refit
- reform
- reformation
- refresh
- refreshing
- refurbish
- regenerate
- regulate
- rehab
- rehabilitate
- rehabilitation
- reimpose
- reinforce
- reinstate
- reintegrate
- reintroduce
- reinvigorate
- rejuvenate
- rejuvenation
- relieving
- remake
- remaking
- remedy
- remedying
- remodel
- remodeling
- remold
- renew
- renewal
- renewing
- renovate
- renovating
- renovation
- reorganize
- reorient
- repair
- repairing
- replace
- reproduce
- rescue
- reshuffle
- resolve
- restitute
- restoration
- restore
- resuscitate
- retool
- retouch
- retread
- retrieve
- return
- revamp
- revise
- revitalize
- revival
- revive
- revivify
- reviving
- revolutionize
- rework
- right
- salve
- save
- see to
- service
- set
- set to rights
- settle
- sew
- shape up
- soothe
- sort
- spruce
- square
- standardize
- strengthen
- supply
- survey
- swear off
- tinkering
- touch up
- transform
- treat
- tune up
- turn over a new leaf
- update
- upgrade
- uplift
- wash
- win back
- wrap
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